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Hardcover Before Writing, Vol. I: From Counting to Cuneiform Book

ISBN: 0292707835

ISBN13: 9780292707832

Before Writing, Vol. I: From Counting to Cuneiform

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Before Writing gives a new perspective on the evolution of communication. It points out that when writing began in Mesopotamia it was not, as previously thought, a sudden and spontaneous invention. Instead, it was the outgrowth of many thousands of years' worth of experience at manipulating symbols.

In Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform, Denise Schmandt-Besserat describes how in about 8000 B.C., coinciding with the rise of...

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